Invading your Personal Space Test

Easy Going

90% Boundaries!

It appears you are pretty easy going and don't really pay much attention to people that come in your personal space. You seem to have a handle on how to take care of things when people are being rude too! Nice going. You don't seem to need much therapy at this time, at least on this particular issue, and you probably don't understand the big deal about people getting too close.

However, you may want to make sure that you don't invade other people's personal space. They might not be quite as easy going as you are.

Rules to remember are:

During hand-shaking, do not get too close to the other person. Being within the other person’s arm-length ensures you are within his/her personal zone, and out of the intimate zone.

Stay within the friendly zone if you want a casual conversation with a celebrity.

When talking to or walking with somebody else, if the other person backs away a little, it is likely that you are encroaching his/her comfort zone. Be mindful of the other person’s requirements—do not try to close the gap.

Note: Different cultures have different concepts on personal space. This particular test was done by US standards. Also, studies have proven that women have a much better tolerance for personal space then men.

Lord help the person that invades your personal space! You definitely have certain criteria that you expect other people in your world to live by. That's fine, but you might want to get some th... Read more